The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-22

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JOSEPH c. KENNEDY, q venerable and
prominent citizen of Washington, was
bFutally stabbed to death by q rough named
John Daily On the 18th. Kennedy was well
known in ante bellum days and assisted In
protecting Charles Sumner from the muir.
derous attack Of Preston BrookA
The Treasury Department has decided
that there 10 nothing in the Contract Labor
law to prevent American citizens who may
reside in Canada from engaging in labor In
the United States.
A DISPATCH received at Washington re
Gently reports that owing to an accident
to the steering gear Of the United States
steamer Trenton OF Hampton roads, tina,
vessel would not be able to get to sea for
some time.
THE EAST.
SLIaHr shocks Of earthquake were re.
ported in Northern New Hampshire on
the 1lth.
The sloop yacht Wave, Of New York,
caught fire on the afternoon Of the 10th
while out with party of gentlemen. One
OF the party was seriously injured, the rest
narrowly escaping.
QUEEN KAPIoLANI and her suite left New
York for San Francisco on the 18th.
TIE horseshoers employed by the Met
ropolitan and Consolidated Horse Railroad
Companies, at Boston, went on a strike the
other day for higher wages and shorter
hours. They claimed that the companies
violated promises and discharged men be
cause they asked for better treatment
A CONSOLIDATION of the leading firms of
milk contractors of Boston has been ef-
tected, which will control the entire milk
supply Of the city.
The Pennsylvania Company has decided
to test the validity Of the lease of the Van
dalia line, and to that end will bring suit at
Springfield, III. It is the intention to break
the lease, if possible.
JOCKEY HARRIS, who was recently in
jured at the Brighton Beach, L. L, race
course, has died.
THE annual convention of the union Of
American-Hebrew congregations began in
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th.
THREE small boys were drowned recently
while bathing in the Delaware at Philadel-
phia.
ADvICEs from Addison, N. Y, tell of a
great devastation by fire Just over the
Pennsylvania line Many thousands of
cords of tanbark, LOCO, 900 feet of logs and
large quantities Of manufactured lumber
have been destroyed, as well as a big trestle
on the Addison & North Pennsylvania rail-
road.
FoRTY-Two alleged pauper immigrants
were detained at Castle Garden, New Y ork,
or the 18th.
WINTHROP CUNNINGHAM & SoNs, drug
and South American product dealers OF
New York and Philadelphia, have made a
temporary assignment because of litiga-
tlOn.
PRESIDENT j. NJ. ADAMS, Of the New
York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railway, has
resigned and been succeeded by c. E.
Whitehead, of New York.
THOMAS DURAND, aged seventy years.
colored, known as Japanese Tommy" was
buried the other day in New York. He was
dwarf, three feet high, and had been ex-
hibited before all the crowned heads of
Europe
THREE oil stills exploded at Point Breeze,
near Philadelphia, recently, severely injur-
ing many Of the workmen.
The deaths of persons In Philadelphia
from eating bread adulterated with chrome
yellow has been fixed on August Upper
Inns, who introduced the practice, and he
has been arrested.
SIX cases Of sunstroke were reported in
New York on the 18th. The sufferings in
the tenement districts were dreadful, ow-
ing to the heat
U. s. GRANT post No 327, G. A. R., of
Brooklyn, has passed resolutions denounc-
ing recent attacks upon the order As Sin
suits to the living and ISLANDERS upon our
dead" The resolutions also declare that
the Grand Army men ''appeal to the loyal
press of the country without regard to par
tisan afiliation.''
VILLAIN. EvERsoN & Co., iron manu-
facturers, operating mill IN Pittsburgh,
and coke works at Scott Dale, Pa, have
made an assignment. The liabilities are
estimated at about SoOO, 900 with assets At
$4,000
President CLEVELAND made an address
at Clinton, N. Y, on the 18th, the occasion
being its centennial celebration.
EIGHT hundred workmen at the Black
Diamond steel works, Pittsburgh, Pa,
struck the other day because the firm re-
fused to reinstate men recently dis
charged.
The jury in the case Of Wilson, on trial at
Albion, N. Y, for killing his wife by
smothering her with towel, brought in q
verdict of murder in the first degree.
CARMIE KING, dealer in small wares,
eiAluAukSs cbC., DOStOu, u8S l3lloO. Ll8Olll-
ties, $SS, 600; assets, light.
JACOB SHARP, convicted of bribery in the
Broadway railroad surface case at New
York, was sentenced by Judge Barrett on
the 18th to four years Imprisonment and to
pay a fine of 5000.
THERE were reports at New York that
Rev. DR. McGlynn, the accommodated
priest would bring suit against Archbishop
nd hor fov hnr
amation Of character
JOSEPH W. WHITE, cashier of the Phila-
delphia Times, is short to the amount of
$4,000 at least.
THE final heat in the rowing regatta at
Worcester, Mass, on the 18th, was wen by
Teemer, who defeated Hamm and Lee.
CONGRESSMAN P. A. COLLINS, of Boston.
Mass, is to be presented with the freedom
Of the city Of Cork, Ireland as a reward
for his services to the cause of Ireland.
A. B. HILL. vice president of the New
York Stock Exchange, died suddenly the
other morning in q it The cause was SUD-
posed to have been apoplexy.
FIRE At the brewery Of the Louis Berg.
doll Company On Twenty ninth street near
Girard avenue, Philadelphia, the other
caused loss estimated at $ll5-
OW on buildings and contents. The insur-
ance, it was believed, would fully cover
the loss.
The New England shipyards, at Lewis
ton, Me-, were destroyed by firs on the
18th. Loss, 100000.
THE WEST.
The evening edition Of the Terre Hante
(lnd.) Daily Express has been sold to the
Gozette and consolidated with that paper.
SEVERAL small buildings near Highmore,
D. T., were destroyed by windstorm the
,ther night